Pro-buffering proxy for seamless media object navigation

An apparatus for pre-caching online media objects, comprising:

• a processor;
• a network interface for communicating with multiple media servers;
• a media navigation component configured, when executed by the processor, to navigate among multiple media objects and to play the media objects;
• a display for visualizing an interface of the media navigation component or a first media object of the media objects being played by the media navigation component;
• a proxy component configured, when executed by the processor, to pre-buffer data of a first media object and data of one or more second media objects received from one or more of the media servers, wherein the media navigation component recommends the second media object based on the first media object.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, comprising:

• instructions for intercepting, by a proxy running on a computing device, multiple requests to content servers for data of multiple media objects, wherein a media application running on the computing device generates the requests;
• instructions for forwarding, by the proxy to the content servers, the requests on behalf of the media application;
• instructions for retrieving, by the proxy from the content servers, data of the media objects;
• instructions for buffering the data of the media objects in a cache storage.